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• Q: What's an ICAO code?
• A: It's the identifier that the National Weather service uses to name weather stations.
  
  
• Q: How do I find an ICAO code to use?
• • A1: If you know a U.S. airport's FAA identifier, you can use K plus that. For example, Chicago/O'Hare is known by the FAA as ORD. Its ICAO code is KORD.
  • A2: Use the National Weather Service's database. Not all stations listed there report current conditions.
  • A3: Go to weatherroom.com and search. Look for "ICAO Used" near the top right corner.
  • A4: Search on Wunderground for your location. Choose to show full metars (near the bottom of the current conditions report). The first four letters are the ICAO code.
  
  
• Q: When I click on the CornerAlert to visit a web site, it hijacks an existing browser window. How can I make it open in a new window?
• A: This is a browser setting. WeatherCornerAlert simply asks Windows to handle the URL. If you use Internet Explorer, go to Tools -> Internet Options. Click on the Advanced tab. Uncheck "Reuse windows for launching shortcuts" (it's checked by default).
  


• Q: What's the deal with times?
• A: All times are reported in the time zone of your computer. If you view conditions from a location that is in the same time zone as your computer, everything will be as you expect. If you add a station that's, say, halfway around the world, it may appear odd (like a moon is showing in the afternoon). This is normal and correct because, while it's the middle of the afternoon where you are, it's the middle of the night there.